Chapter 2 Flashcards
Separation Of Powers
3 Branches: Executive, Legislative, Judicial
President/ congress/ Courts
The Madisonian System
Electoral college developed + Allowed people to vote only for members of the House of Representatives preventing majority/minorty rule
James Madison
The Constitutional Republic
Republic : people select representatives
Takes one group of people not following the rules to take it down
Amending the Constitution
A constitutional amendment can by proposed either by Congress or through national convention
Making the Constitution
1787 Philadelphia Convention
Made to reform the Articles of Confederation
Philidelphia Convention (Issues)
Equality, Slavery, Voting, Economics
Federalists and Anti-Federalist
VOTING WAS NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION
Articles of Confederation
First constitution of the US in 1781
weak ahh government can’t do shit
Natural rights
Life, liberty, and property
Property was then changed to pursuit of happiness